Literary Listings: September 2026

New for 2026, the Irish Writers Centre brings you a monthly round-up of literary events happening across the country, from book and magazine launches to panel discussions, festivals and lectures!

For a list of events happening in our own building at No. 19 Parnell Square, check out the dedicated Irish Writers Centre events page.

And remember, Culture Night events will be taking place all over the country on September 18, so be sure to check out the Culture Night site to see what’s happening where you are! 

Have an event to share with us? Let us know at communications@irishwriterscentre.ie and where possible we’ll include in a following month’s listings.

Below, please find events coming up for the remainder of September: 

 

Belfast 

9: Launch of Folly Lane by Damian Smyth (No Alibis) 

10: Launch of Son of the Serpent by Shauna Lawless (Waterstones) 

11/12: Digging at 60: Archives Conference (Seamus Heaney Centre) 

23: Launch of Sensation by Colin Graham (No Alibis) 

24: Launch of Stations by Louise Kennedy (Great Hall, Queen’s) 

24: Imram Poets on Campus (Seamus Heaney Centre) 

26: Seanchoíche Belfast (Lyric Theatre) 

26: Doors into the Dark: Day of Weird Fiction (Seamus Heaney Centre) 

29: The Seamus Heaney Centre Presents Deborah Levy (Great Hall, Queen’s)  

29: Launch of No Vacancy by Jan Carson (No Alibis) 

30: Paperback Launch of One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Mandela Hall) 

 

Bellaghy 

5: An Evening with Blake Morrison (Seamus Heaney HomePlace) 

13: A Better Locksmith with Jane Coyle (Seamus Heaney HomePlace) 

20: A Lough Neagh Sequence (Seamus Heaney HomePlace) 

26: HomePlace: A Decade Celebration (Seamus Heaney HomePlace) 

 

Cork 

3: Launch of Dead Teenager Movie by Cethan Leahy (Dubray) 

4-6: Spike Island Literary Festival (Spike Island) 

28: An Evening with Peter O’Mahony (Cork Opera House) 

 

Drogheda 

6: Leeanne Quinn in conversation with Belinda McKeon (Highlanes Gallery) 

 

Dublin  

2: Celebration of All Them Dogs by Djamel White (Books Upstairs) 

2: Launch of Catalpa by Michael B. Barry (Dubray Grafton St.) 

3: Launch of The Silence of October by Sharon Guard (Books Upstairs) 

3: Launch of Yoshuku: The Japanese Art of Manifesting by Azumi Uchitani (Hodges Figgis) 

4: MoLI First Fridays (MoLI) 

5: Signing event with Kyla Cobbler (Dubray, Grafton St.) 

5: Signing event with Leona Forde and Karen Harte (Eason, Blanchardstown) 

7: Launch of Strange is the Light by Sarah Maria Griffin (Books Upstairs) 

7: Reyna Grande on A Ballad of Love and Glory (NLI) 

8: Launch of A Thought Without Collision by Adrian Duncan (Books Upstairs) 

9: Launch of Give Me ‘Til Midnight by Oran Doyle (Books Upstairs) 

9: An Evening with Joe Barnes and Jason Corcoran (The Gutter) 

10: Launch of Through the Long Grass by Eoin Warner (Books Upstairs) 

10: Launch of The Light at Evening by Kevin McManus (Hodges Figgis) 

10: Seanchoíche Dublin (The Fumbally) 

12: Signing event with Bradley Riches (Hodges Figgis) 

14: An Evening with R.F. Kuang (O’Reilly Theatre) 

15: Launch of Sunrise by Tea Obreht (Books Upstairs) 

15: An Evening with Sophie Morris (The Fumbally) 

15: Launch of Michael Collins: The Killing and the Cover-Up by Michael Keating (Hodges Figgis) 

16: Launch of The Game of Life and How to Win It by Ivan Yates (Books Upstairs) 

17: Launch of Sensation by Colin Graham (Books Upstairs) 

17: Reaching Readers/ Translating a Nation (National Library of Ireland) 

19/20: Children’s Books Ireland Conference (Lighthouse Cinema) 

20: Launch of Shapechangers: 1960s Irish Women Reflect on their Writing Lives (Books Upstairs) 

25: Louise Kennedy in Conversation with Roddy Doyle 

26 September–11 October: Dublin Festival of History (Various Locations) 

26: Seanchoíche Dublin x Irish Deaf Society 

26: Signing event with Mario Rosenstock (Eason, O’Connell St.) 

28: Launch of Heat, Shelter, Water, Food by Harrison Gardner (Books Upstairs) 

28: Modernism and the Making of Contemporary Europe Lecture (MoLI) 

28: An Interview with Colm Toibin (Trinity College Dublin) 

29: Launch of New Ways of Being a Stranger by Louise C. Callaghan (Books Upstairs) 

29: Launch of Unseen Ireland by Joshua Nueva (The Gutter) 

30: Louise O’Neill in conversation with Sophie White (1WML) 

 

Galway 

2: Launch of A Nation Once Again by Paul Howard (Kenny’s) 

18: Robert Harris in conversation with Ryan Tubridy (Black Box) 

26: Galway Launch of Stations by Louise Kennedy (Kenny’s) 

 

Iniskeen 

25-27: Patrick Kavanagh Weekend (Various) 

 

Kilmore Quay 

25-27: Write by the Sea Festival 

 

Maynooth 

22: Sally Hayden and Kaitriona O’Sullivan in conversation (The Maynooth Bookshop) 

 

Online 

8: Translating Books for Publication (Trinity Centre for Literary and Translation Studies) 

8: B.K. Borison in conversation with Ali Hazlewood (Waterstones) 

16: China Mieville in conversation (Waterstones) 

29: Madeleine Miller in conversation with Ann Patchett (Waterstones)